When parents in a small Wisconsin town discovered that male students are allowed to use girls’ bathrooms at their local high school, they didn’t stay silent. This week on Freedom to Learn, Cory Brewer of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) unpacks what’s happening in New Richmond, and why this fight is about far more than one school district.

Cory explains:

• What Title IX actually requires (and what it doesn’t).
• How regulatory “ping pong” between administrations has created confusion for school boards.
• Why some districts claim their “hands are tied” by federal law.
• How parents can respond when schools adopt unwritten policies that affect student privacy.
• The legal and policy reforms that are needed to restore clarity and protect girls’ spaces.

We also discuss the broader constitutional principles at stake and why more families across the country are choosing to speak up.

WILL Releases New Model Policy Protecting Girls Privacy at School

Student Privacy in Restrooms and Locker Rooms

Schoolboardpolicies.org

The RESPECT Title IX Act

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